Dr. Philip Ehrlich, MD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1497706550

Dr. Philip Ehrlich, MD practises Ophthalmology in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1999, 27 years ago. Practices with Eye Medical Center APMC, a 17-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Louisiana.

Years since qualifying: 27
Trained at: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
Licensed in: LA
In the registry since: 2006

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MD — Doctor of Medicine: A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

7777 Hennessy Blvd Ste 4000
Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Not confirmed with CMS for 17 years — call before visiting
Phone: (225) 766-7441
Fax: (225) 766-7597

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Specialties & licences

Ophthalmology Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence 025277 (LA)

Record details

NPI number	1497706550
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Male
Credentials	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	May 13, 2006
Last updated in NPPES	January 13, 2009

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialty	OPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical school	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated	1999 (27 years in practice)
Group practice	Eye Medical Center Apmc — 17 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations	2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Cataract surgery	163 times · 81st percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients	796
Services billed	2,726 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage	$1,325 32 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Entertainment	$307 1 payment

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Colleagues at Eye Medical Center APMC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 17 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Dr. Michael Abbott, OD Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist · Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. Candace Clement Collins, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Slidell, LA
Lauren L. Dardar, OD Optometrist · Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. Daniel Jack Dodson, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Hammond, LA
Dr. David Fargason, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Mr. George Demetrios Fivgas, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
John P Luckett, MD Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. Suzanne Luckett, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Daniel Hector Nelson, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Robert Lucas Patin, OD Optometrist · Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. Allen Roy Pearce, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. Devin Tran, MD Ophthalmology Physician · Baton Rouge, LA

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